Melon is a refreshing treat for breakfast, lunch, a snack or even dessert in the summertime. Most have a low calorie count (30 calories per 1/2 cup). Choosing melons is a snap–be sure the melon you select feels heavy for its size, smells ripe, and yields slightly to gentle pressure at the stem end. Ripe melons will keep [...]

Matcha (pronounced ma-cha)  is a fine, powdered green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies, and to dye and/or flavor foods (mochi, soba noodles, ice cream). While I prefer a less hearty green tea (one that I can see through), I do like a cold, creamy Peet’s Matcha Green Tea Freddo in the summertime. Peet’s makes theirs with the highest [...]

That’s right…there’s a genius in Northern California who decided to take up vegan baking–and the result is People’s Donuts, They work out of a wholesale facility in West Oakland, Calif., and have plans in the works to open a “donut shop” somewhere nearby soon. The company started selling Vegan Donuts in late March/early April 2007 out [...]

You can tell it’s summer because of all the fruit in store(s). Of all the fruits available, I have to say that berries are my favorite. I’ve been known to enjoy strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and even raspberries at every meal. From delicious fruit smoothies, to fruit salads and snacks, to berries cut up on salads and [...]

Silk Soymilk, my non-dairy breakfast staple, has brought back the Green Caps for Green Energy (TM) campaign, which offsets the electricity they use to make Silk with clean wind energy. Simply purchase Silk Soymilk with green caps, and go to the website to enter the UPC number from your carton. Silk will sponsor 30 extra [...]

You know fruits and vegetables are good for you, but sometimes it’s hard to eat the recommended five servings per day. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started a new website, which features a customizable database of fruit- and vegetable-based recipes. Simply choose the fruits/vegetables you have on hand, plug in what meal [...]

You’ve heard it before but I’m going to say it again–eat your breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day, as it “breaks the fast” and it also gives you fuel to get moving and face the day. If you’re short on time, I have just the trick–a smoothie. You don’t even have to [...]

Every week, I have to buy a jar of Frontera’s Salpica Mango Peach Salsa. Have to. One taste, and immediately I was addicted to this salsa’s sweet yet spicy flavor. I’ve used it on burritos, quesadillas and eggs. I could have it at every meal, but typically I exhibit a little more restraint than that…and limit myself to once a [...]

If it’s true that you are what you eat, then I am oatmeal. Until recently, I was making it the old-fashioned way. You know, cooking it, on the stove. But then one day a friend told me about Trader Joe’s Steelcut Oatmeal, and since then I have been in oatmeal heaven.   It’s frozen in [...]